Film

As a victim of the ‘Great’ financial crisis of 2008 I was interested to see how Hollywood would portray the events that wiped a combined $3.3 trillion from the world economy. The Company Men follows three main characters who are all laid off…

I’m not one to fall for the emotional blackmail of most mainstream movies yet was easily moved by the triumph of the underdog in this film and I highly recommend you check it out if you feel the same way…

Swashbuckling Captain Sparrow returns for the fourth instalment of what was originally planned to be a trilogy. They keep on coming, more outrageous and sillier each time. This time we have supermodels as evil mermaids, zombie-fied sailors…

Roll up, roll up, señores and señoritas, the greatest show on earth comes to Auckland! A roll call of the best in Spanish and Latin American contemporary cinema is set to unspool for the first time in New Zealand, at the Spanish Film Festival…

Directed by Robert Redford, The Conspirator stars Robin Wright who is perfectly cast as Mary Surratt – a confederate, a mother, and a staunch Catholic – who runs a boarding house where John Wilkes Booth met to plan Lincoln’s assassination…

In a genre where many have tried and failed to create a movie that actually captures and holds your attention for the full running time, Source Code is an anomaly. It is not full of star power but it somehow delivers on what it promises…

Babies is a film of extreme cultural and geographic contrasts, which makes it a compelling watch. Set in dusty Namibia, the sweeping plains of Mongolia, densely populated Japan and suburban San Francisco…

I will start right off by saying I just really enjoyed Rio –The Movie. And my enthusiastic reviewers aged 11,10 and 8, who at times can be a little blasé all gave it a roaring 4 out of 5 as soon as the credits started to roll. It may be light on story…

The director could have taken the script of Never Let Me Go and turned it into something big and awful, except it was treated with the subtlety and respect it deserved and is the most beautiful film I have seen this year…

If you’ve ever toyed with the idea of seeing a foreign film but haven’t been sure if you could bear the subtitles or the cultural differences in the storyline then Heartbreaker might just be what you’re looking for…